Author, year, journal with original description

Hansson, C., 2004, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 75:131-132

Type species

Driopteron cristatum Hansson (holotype female in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa)

Synonym names

None

Diagnosis

Clypeus delimited by a groove laterally and dorsally; midlobe of mesoscutum with one pair of setae; median propodeum raised and usually strongly reticulate; supracoxal flanges more or less enlarged and membranous; forewing with long admarginal setae, with a tuft of black setae at base of marginal vein, marginal vein distorted medially and/or with a tuft of black setae medially

Number of species

Six

Distribution

Neotropical region: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru

Biology

Reared from galls with gall-midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on various plants